In the Twenty-First Century the Foreign Relations Role of the President

question 61

Multiple Choice

In the twenty-first century the foreign relations role of the president is a given, but this was not so in the earlier years of our nation's existence. Which president is considered the first to envision his role as that of a world leader and to proactively extend his reach into the foreign policy arena?

• A) Andrew Jackson in 1828
• B) Abraham Lincoln in 1861
• C) Theodore Roosevelt in 1901
• D) Harry Truman in 1945
• E) Ronald Reagan in 1980

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